4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 1, 1990 Only yesterday ) Tie SDALLASC0ST Time for action on Hearthstone Pub The former Hearthstone Pub in the center of Dallas has been allowed to be an eyesore and a danger for far too long. For some reason, Dallas Borough officials have not pressed aggressively to have the building demolished, so it has remained a firetrap and a home for vagrants, preventing positive development from taking place. It’s time for action. Despite assurances from the borough'’s solicitor John Fine, Jr. that proceedings on the building will move forward this fall, the matter is not listed on the court docket for September or October. During the past two years, court documents to condemn the structure have been filed twice, but then not followed by action. Meanwhile, the building continues to de- teriorate, posing an ever-increasing threat to nearby struc- tures. One would think that after two years, the borough's solicitor would at least know who to take action against. Apparently, he doesn’t, since one of the papers he filed was challenged because it was directed to persons who claim no formal affiliation with the property or its listed owner, TLC Enterprises. Not that the ' owners of the eyesore are making it easy to track themselves down; names on records filed in Harrisburg are apparently not those of current officers. But that’s no excuse. Two years is more than enough time to find and serve the appropriate parties so that this hazardous and unattractive building can be removed. Borough residents should not accept any more delays in this project, and officials should not accept any more stalling by the solicitor. Fire company's history is service Charlot Denmon'’s feature story in this week's issue on the Dallas Fire and Ambulance Company is a reminder of the benefits that volunteers bring to local communities. When it was first formed in 1927, the company served virtually all of what we now call the Back Mountain. Today, most of the towns have their own volunteer departments in order to serve the needs of a growing population. Like may area companies, what we know as the Dallas Fire and Ambulance was originally named for one of its benefactors; in this case Dr. Henry M. Laing. Dr. Laing served the area for many years from an office where the Dallas Borough building now stands. After his death, his widow donated $1,000 to the fledgling company and the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company was born and lived until 1974, when it merged with the ambulance association. Throughout its more than 60 years, the fire company has depended on the service of volunteers and donations from the ‘public. There have been lean years and fat, but throughout them all the combination has served the community well, as anyone who has seen the volunteers in action at a fire can testify. 2 Thanks to the men and women who volunteer their time and risk their necks for the rest of us, and thanks to those who support them with the money needed to provide adequate service. Letters invited The Dallas Post encourages readers to share their opinions with the community by writing a letter to the editor. All letters for publication must be signed and include a telephone number so that we may verify authen- ticity. We will not publish anonymous letters. Send letters to: The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612. Letters received by Noon on Monday may be included in that week's issue. Hollyhocks at Hillside Farms in Trucksville (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Library news Party August 9 for summer reading kids By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library will host a party for the members of the children’s sum- mer reading program on Thurs- day, August 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Frances Slocum State Park. These are the children who have been working on the “Treasure of the Black Diamond Club” and the Read to Me program. All participants attending the library books recommended a few good books that she had read to me; which I read and enjoyed over my vacation week. They were “Inheritance” by Judith Michael and “Into the Darkness” by Bar- bara Michaels. Two excellent sto- ries. That's a switch; a patron recommending books to library staff. Thanks, Gerry, your choices were super! A dear friend, Book Club mem- ber and library supporter suffered Irene and her husband, Bruce, helped with our bulk mailing for Ham ‘n Yeggs at the library and then took 100 letters and stuffers home; stuffed envelopes, sealed and stamped them for us and Bruce returned them to us ready for mailing. The book I took to her is Rosemary Pilcher's new one, “September”, a great story. An- other super thing about the visit, I hand delivered her personal library card to her; our current new proj- 60 Years Ago - Aug. 1, 1930 BOROUGH SUFFERS WATER SHORTAGE Citizens of Dallas Borough will meet Monday night to discuss ways and means to discuss the present water shortage in the area. Scores of families and businesses have been without water service during the past week. Four sections of Lehigh Valley train conveyed members of the Coxton Welfare Association to Harveys Lake for their picnic. Dr. Henry M. Laing firemen were hampered in fighting a fire which destroyed a home on King Street because the borough was without water mains and fire hydrants. Dallas Borough Council ap {> pointed Elwood Elston as a special policeman at the wage of 60¢ an hour, not to exceed $60 per month. Dallas and Beaumont remain tied for first place in the Rural League while East Dallas drops to second. 50 Years Ago - Aug. 2, 1940 STORMS CAUSE PHONE SERVICE PROBLEMS A stream of U.S. Army troops moved over the Back Mountain roads this week on their way to the nation’s biggest peacetime maneu- vers at the Plattsburgh-Watertown area, south of the Canadian bor- der. Commonwealth crews worked night and day to restore the service put out of order by severe thunder storms within the last week. Dallas Oddfellows make prog- ress in their conference on moving or altering their building to make way for the new highway. Engaged - Anne Waznick and James Kozemchak; Fay Mazur and Ignatius Kozemchak. Wed - Ruth Churnisde and Edward Van Horn; Muriel Craft and Judson Bailey; Esther Barnes and Lawrence Smith. Dallas Arrows face a stiff battle as they fight to stay in the playoffs in the Rural League. 40 Years Ago - Aug. 4, 1950 NATONA MILLS NOT ALLOWED IN BOROUGH Luzerne County Court handed down a decision that would make > - ~~ ¥ id ] the ordinance illegal to bring Na- . tona Mills into Dallas Borough. A prohibition rally at the Dallas “- Free Methodist Campground drew a large crowd. Dallas Business Association will sponsor a Pet Parade August 23 to be judged at the Acme Parking Lot. |. Engaged - Norma Drapiewski .” and Donald Dayton Long. Wed - Helen Urick and John Niezgoda; Mildred Lyons and Robert Broody; Jean Zimmerman andJames Martin; Dorothy Weaver and Henry Kraft. Lazarus Department Store agrees to sponsor the Dallas Indi- ans Little League team. 30 Years Ago - Aug. 4, 1960 ROBERT VOELKER TO BE NEW POSTMASTER ¥ { | TI party will meet at pavilion #1 near a fall recently and has some very ect at the library, and gave her the A survey shows that the biggest ie S{ DALLAS Post the park entrance. Sneakers and bad breaks in both of her legs. One new number she will be using. A payer in Back Mountain are : ; informal attire are suggested. ofour library pages was callingher very special shut in delivery. e owners of the Linear Plant and Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. Reservations arerequiredand may the other day to pick up a book she second highest Natona Mills. Lin- P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 be made at the library. had reserved and I asked to speak Speaking of the new library card €&f taxes are paid to Dallas Town- Telephone: 717-675-5211 The library grounds were alive ts her. This friend is Irene Davies project; Stephanie Donnelly of ship, Natona Mills taxes are di- Ronald A. Bartizek Charlotte E. Bartizek last week with children and teach- of Church Street in Dallas and she Trucksville was in the other day videdbeiween Dallas Toynshipand/ y | Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher ers in swimming attire. The Little explained that she could not getin and received her new card. She Dallas Borough. Sl aviriowis. will YY’ People classes from the second to pick up the book. I offered to hasNo. 1990, very easy to remem- : : 4 : advo ind Chana Denpion floor of the library building picked WLS the on to her; which gave ber this year; however, she says De installed asthe new poSimasier d g g Foi sponser a hot, sunny day and held a “Back me a reason to visit which I had next year will be a problem. She of Shavertown Post Office. N ay Rich Johnson 'Mountan Library Little People sun wanted to do anyway. She is one now has two things to remember; a Dr. Lester Jordan 1s named [ Paul Rismiller Reporter Olga Kostrobala and swim time at the beach.” A remarkable woman, both legs in numberand getting the books back chairman of next year's Library Composition . Classified/typesetting small swimming pool was used for casts, broken ribs; but with a on time without having to pay an Auction. 4 Jean Hillard mE ; ’ : Noxen defeats Forkston 7-6 for Office Manager the swimming and a sprinkle sys- wonderful philosophy and outlook. overdue fine. the £ 15h H : tem provided the water sprays. A She has a hospital bed in a room in Eicams consecunyve win. J MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION great time was had by all and the the back of the house and is look- © A friend told me today he liked Engaged - Mary Louise Post and AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION sounds of laughter filled the air. ing forward to the day when she to eat lunch in the library because Thomas, James: Ma ryAnnteck A very faithful reader of our can getoutofbed and walk again. you can see the Reader's Digest! and Raymond W. Siler. : 20 Years Ago - Aug. 6, 1970 . ’ . : ¥ . BACK MOUNTAIN TO Animal rightists misunderstand relationship of hunters, prey GE coum center ; J A new country network which : will bring 24-hour service to the By JOHN M. ANDERSON absolute necessities for our sur- steady decline of game species are abundant today because the But classics such as the works of Back Mountain Community will vival. But they did, indeed, provide completely around. Today there sportsman translated his love for Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and begin Sept. 1, reported Nick Among American do-gooders, essential and most welcome pro- are more deer, wild turkeys, and the chase into providing suitable Theodore Dreiser came under fire. Souchik, executive director of past and present, Anthony Com- tein to the diet in grandfather's antelope than the pioneers ever food and cover for them. Self-righteous critics questioned Luzerne County Civil Defense stock (1844-1915), may beremem- day. saw. Buffalo have to be thinned The most respected and effec- the intentions of Silas Marner and Center. The new system will be = bered as a social reformer and Venison, wild ducks, geese, quail annuallydue tolackofspace. Doves tive conservationists in our history Mark Antony and Cleopatra. They known as the Luzerne County “/ crusader against vice. Admittedly, most of the younger generation claim they never heard of him, while some senile citizens, such as myself, figure they haven't missed much. Although Comstock, the indi- vidual, has long since been laid to rest, comstockery, in one form or another, is still very much alive. The dictionary defines it as “Overzealous censorship of litera- ture and the other arts because of alleged immorality”. The way anti-hunters and ani- mal rightists carry on is a case-in- point. For atleast two million years, man has been satisfying his hun- ger by feeding on the flesh of birds, mammals, fish and various invert- abrates. The original Americans, whether red or white, were good hunters. They had to be. With the advent of agriculture, successful hunting and fishing were no longer and doves were very much in demand. Hunting for the market not only provided highly delectable meat for the city folks, it provided a good living for the market hunter. But when the axe and plow de- stroyed the habitat of the deer, turkeys, and antelope, and when the white man deliberately elimi- nated the buffalo to make room for his cattle, and drained the marshes to make room for wheat and corn, populations of game birds and mammals could no longer sustain market hunting. The professional market hunter ran out of raw material, and his career came to an end. Now it came to pass that in pursuit of game for the table, many individuals developed a deep love for the chase. Ironically, it was this love for the ancient pursuit of prey that helped to outlaw the sale of fish and game, and turned the are extending their range farther and farther north. Canada geese are so abundant in many areas they are almost a nuisance. In stark contrast, the dusky seaside sparrow which was never hunted, became extinct last year. Our national emblem almost pre- ceded the seaside sparrow, and its numbers are still dangerously low. No one every hunted brown peli- cans in the Pelican State, but they were extirpated in Louisiana. There are only a few Kirtland'’s warblers left. Golden-cheeked warblers are on their way out, so are American bitterns, piping plovers, loggerhead shrikes, and a dozen other nongame birds. Now if eagles were really tasty, would hold well to a pointing dog, and offered a real challenge to the ' sportsmen, they just might be as abundant as wild turkeys. Many game birds and mammals - were ardent hunters. The great “Aldo Leopold loved to hunt as well as write. John James Audubon would rather hunt than paint. For that matter, I refer you to Moses, who decreed, “Ifabird’s nest chance to be before thee..., with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting on the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...the young thou may- est take, that it may be well with thee and thou mayest prolong thy days”. (Deuteronomy 22:6) I reckon the modern anti-hunters would like to make Moses eat those words, because he plainly told his follow- ers it was okay to take and eat the surplus young. It's interesting to note that the Comstock Act was seldom invoked against such pornographic garbage as “Night Life in Chicago”, “Adven- tures on a Pullman Sleeper”, or “The Confessions of an ex-Nun”. said children shouldn't read about them. Likewise, the Cleveland Amory’s of this world would rather see surplus deer starve to death than allow the surplus to be removed by two-leggd predators. The overzeal- ous censorship of literature be- cause of alleged immorality is no different than the emotional antics of the so-called animal rightists. Because they know nothing of the relationships between plants and animals, because they are inca- pable of loving the chase and lack the necessary skills, they are in- sanely jealous of those men and women who spend their time and money hunting and, at the same time, providing habitat for wildlife. John M. "Frosty" Anderson was director of the Wildlife Department of the National Audubon Society from 1966 until his retirement in 1987. Police Communications Center. Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks recently re- turned from her trip abroad where she visited Norway, Sweden and Denmark and will tell of her expe- riences in five installments to be published by The Dallas Post. Coach George Curry announces Lehman's football physicals will be given Aug. 15 at 9 a.m. A thrill-packed exhibition will be presented by Evel Knievel, the world-renowned motorcycle dare- devil at the Pocono International Raceway, Aug. 16. Wed - Linda Jean Culp and Jeffrey Alan Holmes. 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